AMG GLA 45 SUV.

Mercedes-AMG: Driving Performance for 50 years

In an old mill in 1967, two automotive engineers with a passion for motorsports began turning Mercedes-Benz sedans into winning racecars. Today, as the performance division of Mercedes-Benz, AMG continues to create victory on the track and desire on the streets of the world. Every Mercedes-AMG vehicle is the product of craftsmen, designers and engineers who live to test limits, and for a singular goal: Driving Performance.

Some things cannot be mass-produced.

To create perfection and then vouch for it, with one's skill and one's name — is a principle that's lived and breathed at Mercedes-AMG. Every single GLA 45 engine is hand-built by its own master craftsman. From the placement of the pistons to the recording of every torque spec, "One Man - One Engine" is a promise sealed by its creator's signature on the plaque affixed atop each engine. Even the heart of a Mercedes-AMG has a soul.

Design

Deeply bolstered seats and a thick flat-bottom steering wheel make sharp curves and long trips equally joyous. The E-SELECT console shifter is a functional scuplture of aluminum and leather. And even racier options include AMG Performance seats and a steering wheel wrapped in grippy DINAMICA microsuede.

Performance

A Mercedes-AMG engine only starts with the state of the art. From there, everything from fuel pressure to exhaust routing is developed to quicken, heighten and intensify its response, and yours. Developed for AMG's racecars, patented NANOSLIDE cylinder walls cut friction, raising endurance and power.